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1. yeah but anonymous sources are good if it something that support our own views nt

Sun Jul 23, 2017, 01:56 PM

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An Anonymous, Unnamed Source Close to Something Said Some Bullshit. [View all] MineralMan Jul 2017 OP

Well, of course. I mean, if we like what was said, MineralMan Jul 2017 #2

This should have been said a long tie ago ......... Kathy M Jul 2017 #3

Oh, it has been, and often, but nobody seems to MineralMan Jul 2017 #4

Long tie? Like the kind Drumpf wears? Have an "m" on me. rzemanfl Jul 2017 #13

That credo is less honored now than ever before. MineralMan Jul 2017 #6

Dumbing Down syndrome :( Reality TV/Ratings mentality. Guilded Lilly Jul 2017 #15

Yes, I'm afraid so... MineralMan Jul 2017 #16

I pay absolutely zero attention to people like Mensch. MineralMan Jul 2017 #8

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2017 #9

Deep Throat was an anomyous source Nictuku Jul 2017 #10

That is true, but additional reporting MineralMan Jul 2017 #11

But Deep Throat didn't so much leak specific facts as give Woodward hints The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2017 #19

I heard that tRump was going to buy out the McDonalds franchise ProudLib72 Jul 2017 #12

I look at the publication or organization to MineralMan Jul 2017 #17

And, if a report is something so hot that it should be in a headline The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2017 #20

Yes, and why would some highly-placed source MineralMan Jul 2017 #21

For all the praise she gets for posting bullshit... Orrex Jul 2017 #22

So let's say I'm the guy who repairs the photocopiers at FBI headquarters The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2017 #28

But Woodward and Bernstein had an editor and the resources of a major newspaper The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2017 #24

I'm not going to tell that to either of those journalists. MineralMan Jul 2017 #25

W and B editors didn't know who Deep Throat was. pnwmom Jul 2017 #27

But Deep Throat's leaks were basically hints about whom to interview The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2017 #29

Unprovoked and scurrilious attack against the OP Warpy Jul 2017 #26

And in a related matter, moondust Jul 2017 #30

But it's so easy to change the world these days defacto7 Jul 2017 #31